The marriage between Josh Freeman and the Tampa Bay Bucs is finally over.

The Bucs are going to release the former first-round quarterback Thursday after a week of trying to trade him proved unsuccessful.

“We made the decision today to release Josh Freeman,” general manager Mark Dominik said in a release. “We appreciate his efforts over the past five seasons, but we felt this was in the best interests of both Josh and the Buccaneers.”

The relationship, between the quarterback selected to be the face of the franchise, and the organization, turned sour quickly.

The Bucs demoted Freeman following the team’s 23-3 loss to the New England Patriots. The team fell to 0-3 at the time and coach Greg Schiano said rookie Mike Glennon would give the team the best chance to win.

Freeman was last in the league in completion percentage and quarterback rating at the time of his demotion.

The next day, Freeman did an unauthorized exclusive interview with ESPN and said he felt a trade would be best.

On Sunday, Freeman was inactive for the game against Arizona and told not to sit on the bench with the players but to watch the game from a suite the team has for inactive players.

Then it really became a circus.

Earlier this week, ESPN reported Freeman was enrolled in the league’s substance abuse program, because he was taking a medically exempt substance. Freeman responded by saying he had not failed any drug tests, was taking medication for ADHD and enrolled in the league’s program voluntarily.

The NFL Players Association said it would look into who leaked the story, since being in the program was supposed to be confidential.

On Wednesday, it was reported Freeman had been fined at least twice in the last week for missing a meeting as well as the unauthorized interview.

Teammate Donald Penn came to Freeman’s defense Wednesday saying the media was trying to sully the quarterback’s reputation.

On Thursday, after a week of unsuccessfully trying to trade Freeman, the Bucs decide to release him.

The team will still be on the hook for Freeman’s remaining salary, which is a little more than $6 million.

Freeman had a 24-35 record with the team and will leave as the team’s all-time leader in touchdown passes and second in passing yards. He also has the team’s season single-mark in touchdowns and passing yards. He was 1,144-of-1,967 passing for 13,534 yards, 80 touchdowns and 66 interceptions.